The last thing I wanted the team to do was go to arbitration and have to sit down in front of the best pitcher Detroit has seen since Jack Morris and explain why he wasn't worth the money he wanted.

The only thing that makes me nervous is now GM Dave Dombrowski will sit back, look at his moves so far this off-season and say, "OK. I'm done."

Dombrowski did add Jose Valverde to give the back end of the bullpen a real closer, and I give him credit for that. However, Dombrowski can't count this Verlander signing the same as adding a player.

Sure Dombrowski spent more of Mike Ilitch's money, but it's money the team was going to spend eventually anyway. Locking up Verlander to a long-term deal doesn't make the team any better, it just makes sure they don't get any worse.

You wait and listen. Dombrowski will site JV's deal when someone questions their lack of moves this off-season. It did nothing however to make up for the runs and RBI the Tigers lost with the departures of Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco, and it certainly didn't bring in a lead-off hitter.

It's great that the team re-upped with Justin Verlander, but until Dombrowski addresses the issues at the plate, he still has work to do.